Display chest for silverware, etc.



June 17 1924;

- J. L. L EE DISPLAY CHEST FOR SILIVERWARE, ETC

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 5, 1922 ATTORNEY.

June 17 {1924. 1,498,516

J. L. LEE

DISPLAY CHEST FOR SILVERWARE, ETC

Filed July 3, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY;

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Patented June 17, 1924-.

assie JOHN LOLO LEE, OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB- TO ONEIDACOMMUNITY LIMITED, OF ONEIDA, NEW' YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DISIPLAY CHEST FOR SILVERWAR-E, ETC.

Application filed July 3, 1922. Serial No. 572,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LOLO LEE, a citizen of the United States,resident of Sherrill, county of Oneida, State of New York, have made acertain new and useful Invention Relating to Display Chests forSilverware, Etc, of which the following is a specifica tion, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, which forms part of the same.

This invention relates especially to display chests or cabinets forsilverware or other generally similar articles in which the chest may beformed with one or more latorally swinging wing sections, each of whichcomprises one or more wing shelves to accommodate articles so that thesewing sections can be swung outward to expose still other articles in thelower part of the chest which may advantageously be arranged in aslidable or removable drawer or tray in the chest in which sets ofarticles may be arranged, similar articles being superimposed, ifdesired, in the same supporting slot in the tray. These slots may beformed in any suitable spacing blocks and are preferably lined withvelvet or other fabric while vertically adjustable gripping supportingblocks having similar facing fabrics, if desired, may be forced intothese supporting slotsso as to be in the proper vertical position toaccommodate the number of articles in this particular set of spoons,forks or the like. The chest cover may also be provided with aperturedsupports for articles such as knives which may be arranged to appear inattractive spaced position when the cover is opened up.

In the accompanying drawing showing in a somewhat diagrammatic mannervarious illustrative embodiments of this invention Fig. 1 is aperspective view of an illus trat-ive display chest.

Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a horizotal sectional view showing the bottomsof the wingshelves.

7 Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail view showing the shelf retainerconstruction.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the Fig. 7 is a perspective viewshowing an other illustrative form of chest.

The silverware cabinet or display chest may be of any suitableconstruction and may be formed of heavy durable wood such as mahogany,walnut, etc, the chest bottom 44 being preferably permanently joined orframed to the lower side sections 4 and the back and also the adjacentback extensions 2 if desired. The framed chest cover 1 may be hinged tothis back and back extensions by any suitable cover hinges such as 3 andany desired hinge arrangement may be employed to connect the laterallyswinging wing sections to this chest on one or both sides of the same.

These wing sections may, as indicated in Fig. 1, each comprise an upperside section 6 to which the one or more wing shelves 12 are rigidlyconnected and which is preferably disengageably hinged to the chest bythe hinge 9 which may have the removable pin 8 which on its withdrawalallows the corresponding wing section to be removed for cleaning etc. Inthis Fig. 1 construction the wing section comprises a supporting frontsection 7 rigidly framed to the upper sidesection 6 and to the wingshelf 12 and this front section. when swung around into closed positionconstitutes a front of the chest as seen at the right of Fig. 1. Thisfront section can thus rest on the support on which the chest bottomrests and reliably support the wing section in any position in whichitmay be swung out so that excessive strain on the hinges etc. is thusprevented. In this connection it is usually desirable to have cushioningfabric such as felt, etc. glued to the bottom of this supporting frontsection? as at 22 and a similarfelt or other cushioning fabric 22 may beglued or secured to the bottom 44 of the chest. To further guide thewing section in its swinging movements it is desirable to have asuitable retainer device arranged between the wing shelf and the chestso as to guide the shelf in its swinging movement and prevent its beingunduly raised and for this purpose a circular retainer groove such as 15may be formed in the lower face of the wing shelf 12 as shown inFig. 4and a retainer plate 16 of fiber board or other strong material may be,

screwed or nailed to the shelf to project part way over this retainergroove so as to form a dovetailed groove or retainer recess in which theretainer hook or member 17 on the lower side section 4 engagesthroughout the swinging movements of the wing shelf. This constructionis also illustrated in Fig. 3 where the lower surfaces of these wingshelves are shown in this bottom view. Aligning members are desirable onthese wing sections and chest body so as to definitely hold them inclosed position and for this purpose aligning slots such as 10 may beformed in each of the wing sections adjacent the free end of thesupporting front section so tnat when the wing section is swung intoclosed position this slot comes into engagen'ient with an aligning pinor member 11 projecting from the chest bottom 44 so as to verticallyalign thesertwo parts and strengthen the chest considerably, especiallywhen it is locked by any suitable locking devices, 19, he wing shelf 12may be formed with a velvet or other suitable lining and with raisedsupporting members 13 so as to accommodate the silverware articles 14which when the wing section is swung into closed position are arrangedin the desired relation to the other articles in the chest and the rearportion of the chest may be formed with a rear shelf 26 on about thesame level as these wing shelves and may 1e provided with similarsupporting members2? to accommodate still other articles if desired.

The lower part of the chest may be provided with one or more spacingblocks such as 21 to accommodate sets of different articles such asspoons or forks of different sizes or styles, the different forks of asingle set being, if desired, superimposed upon one another in one ormore of the supporting slots 22 formed in the spacing blocks which mayadvantageously be arranged in a removable tray or drawer 5. As shown inFig. 5, these supporting slots 22 are preferably formed with velvet orother fabric lining 23 of the same style and color as the facing on thetop of the block. If desired also vertically adjustable grippingsupporting blocks may be arranged in these slots and may be formed witha wooden body 24 and a velvet or other fabric facing 25 so that when theblocks are forced into the slots they tightly engage the same and thesetwo layers of fabric are forced together so as tomore or less grippinglyengage or interlock their fibers and tightly hold the supporting blockin any adjusted position, it being of course understood that thethickness of these fabric layers is considerably exaggerated in Fig. 5for the sake of clearness. In this way the supporting block may bearranged adjacent the top of the slot when only a few articles are to beinserted as shown at the right of Fig. 5 and when,

for instance, further articles of this same set or style are purchased,the supporting block may be pushed further down in its slot as shown atthe left of Fig. 5 so as to accommodate the additional articles andstill leave the upper articles nearly or substantially flush with thetop of the spacing block 21 when the articles are all in the slot. Thisgives the chest a desirable expanding capacity so that in this bottomsection or removable tray 5 fifty or one hundred additional articles maybe accommodated under some conditions.

If desired, the chest cover may be formed with one or more coversupports 40, 4-3 in which supporting apertures 42 may be formed forstill other articles such as the knives 14 so that when the chest coveris opened up these knives are seen in spaced relation to each other andare also readily accessible for removal. The wing sections when swungout expose to view the articles in the chest bottom or removable traybelow so that by simply swinging outward both of these wing sections allof the articles in the entire chest are exposed to view and can bereadily removed if desired.

7 shows another illustrative embodiment of this invention in which thecover 1 is similarly hinged to the chest back or adjacent backextensions 2. The wing sections in this instance however merely comprise the upper side section 28 and framed or connected wing shelf 30formed with similar retainer devices including the retainer hook 17.When this wing section is swung outward in the position indicated at theleft of Fig. 7 it is supported by the heavy brass or other hinge 9 andby the retainer devices which, though not so strong or reliable aconstruction as shown in Fig. 2, yet has some advantages since the wingsection is lighter and does not have any portion sliding over the tableor sideboard on which the chest is supported. In this construction thechest front is formed of two sections and the upper front section 31 ishinged at 32 to the lower section so that. it can be swung down asindicated in Fig. 7 to expose the wing shelves and the lower articles 14when the wing sections are swung out so as to render visible this lowerpart 35 of the chest. In this construction it is desirable to haveinterlocking grooved portions 29, 33 formed on the front ends of theupper side sections and on the ends of the. upper front section so thatwhen these wing sections are swung inward into closed position and theupper front section 31 is swung upward these grooved portions securelyin terlock and prevent the wing sections swing ing or moving outwarduntil the upper front section is again swung down into the positionillustrated in Fig. 7. i

This invention has been described in conill) nection with a number ofillustrative embodiments, forms, proportions, arrangements, parts,devices and materials, methods of manufacture and use, to the details ofwhich disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited since whatis claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent isset forth in the appended claims.

1. A display case, comprising a bottom and connected back and lower sidesections, a chest cover hinged thereto and formed with cover supports toaccommodate silverware articles, and a. pair of laterally swinging wingsections hinged to said chest and each comprising an upper side sectionand a wing shelf and a supporting front section forming part of thechest front when the wing section is swung into closed position andcooperating retainer devices on said wing shelf and the lower sidesection of the chest, a removable tray in the lower part of said chestbelow said wing shelves and comprising a slotted spacing block tosupport articles.

2. A display case, comprising a bottom and connected back and lower sidesections, a chest cover hinged thereto, and a pair of laterally swingingwing sections hinged to said chest and each comprising an upper sidesection and a wing shelf, a removable tray in the lower part of saidchest below said wing shelves and comprising a slotted spacing block tosupport articles.

3. A display case comprising a wooden bottom and connected back andlower side sections, a chest cover hinged thereto and formed with coversupports to accommodate silverware articles, and a pair of disengageablyhinged laterally swinging wing sections having supports for silverwarearticles, the lower part of said chest below said wing shelvescomprising a spacing block having supporting slots to accommodatearticles.

4. A display case comprising a wooden bottom and connected back andlower side sections, a chest cover hinged thereto, and a pair of hingedlaterally swinging wing sections having supports for silverware articlesthe lower part of said chest below said wing shelves comprising aspacing block having supporting slots to accommodate articles.

5. A display chest comprising a bottom and connected back and lower sidesections, a chest cover hinged thereto to accommodate articles, and apair of connected laterally swinging wing sections each comprising anupper side section, a wing shelf for articles and a supporting frontsection forming part of the chest front when the wing section is swunginto closed position, and a tray for articles in the lower part of saidchest below said wing shelves.

6. A. display chest comprising a chest body and a pair of laterallyswinging wing sections hinged to said chest body and each comprising anupper side section, a wing shelf and a supporting front sectionsupporting the wing section in swung out positions and forming part ofthe chest front when the wing section is swung into closed position andcooperating aligning members on said supporting front section and thechest.

7. A display chest comprising a chest body and a laterally swinging wingsection disengageably hinged to said chest body and comprising an upperside section, a wing shelf and a supporting front section forming partof the chest front when the wing sec tion is swung into closed position,and cooperating retainer devices on said wing shelf and the adjacentlower side section o-fthe chest and cooperating aligning members on saidsupporting front section and the chest.

8. A display chest comprisingachest body and a laterally swinging wingsection hinged to said chest body and comprising an upper side sectionand a wing shelf and cooperating retainer devices on said wing shelf andthe adjacent lower side section of the chest.

9. A display chest comprising a chest body and a pair of laterallyswinging wing sections disengageably hinged to said chest body and eachcomprising an upper side section, a wing shelf and a supporting frontsection forming part of the chest front when the wing section is swunginto closed position, cooperating interlocking retainer devices on saidwing shelf and the adjacent lower side section of the chest to limit theoutward and upward movement of the wing section.

10. A display chest comprising a chest body and a pair of laterallyswinging wing sections hinged to said chest body and each comprising anupper side section and a wing shelf, cooperating interlocking retainerdevices on said wing shelf and the adjacent lower side section of thechest to limit the outward and upward movement of the wing section.

11. A display chest comprising a chest body and a pair of laterallyswinging wing sections hinged to said chest body and each comprising anupper side section and a wing shelf, cooperating interlocking retainerdevices including a dovetail circular groove on the lower side of saidwing shelf to limit the outward and upward movement of the wing section.

12. A display device comprising a spacing block having supporting slots,lined with velvet and cooperating supporting blocks covered with velvetand fitting tightly within said slots to be disengageably retained invertically adjusted position therein and thereby adjust the capacity ofeach slot,

13. A display device comprising a spacing block having supporting slots,and cooperating supporting blocks covered with fabric and fittingtightly within said slots to be disengageably retained in verticallyadjusted position therein and thereby adjust the capacity of each slot.

14. A display device comprising a spacing block having supporting slots,and cooperating rectangular sectioned supporting blocks covered withcushioning fabric and fitting tightly within said slots to bedisengageably retained in vertically adjusted position therein andthereby adjust the capacity of each slot.

15. A display device for silverware etc. comprising a spacing blockhaving support ing slots, and cooperating supporting blocks fittingtight-1y within said slots to be disengageably retained in verticallyadjusted position therein and thereby adjust the capacity of each slot.

16. A display chest having a bottom provided with article-retainingmeans, a hinged top provided with a plurality of article-retaining meanson its under side, a pair of laterally movable shelf-carrying wingsprovided with a. plurality of article-retaining means on their uppersides, said wings being connected with the chest between its top andbottom and adapted to fold inwardly toward each other over thearticle-displaying means in the bottom and each comprising side andfront portions of the chest, and means carried by the top for lockingsaid wings in closed position.

JOHN LOLO LEE.

